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The Battle of Clontarf (Irish: Cath Chluain Tarbh) took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland.It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and a Viking army from abroad led by Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir ...
Irish War of Independence: Part of the Irish revolutionary period 1922–23 Irish Civil War: Part of the Irish revolutionary period 1942–44 Northern Campaign: Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1956–62 Border Campaign: Irish republican campaign against the state of Northern Ireland 1968–98 The Troubles
The Battle of Clontarf, by Hugh Frazer. Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib ("The War of the Irish with the Foreigners") is a medieval Irish text that tells of the depredations of the Vikings and Uí Ímair dynasty in Ireland and the Irish king Brian Boru's great war against them, beginning with the Battle of Sulcoit in 967 and culminating in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, in which Brian was slain but ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Irish Civil War (1922–1923). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Pages in category "Battles of the Irish Civil War"
This is a category for articles relating to the Irish Civil War 1922-23. ... Battles of the Irish Civil War (4 P) I. ... Timeline of the Irish Civil War; W.
The fact that the Irish Civil War was fought between Irish Nationalist factions meant that the sporadic conflict in Northern Ireland ended. Collins and Sir James Craig signed an agreement to end it on 30 March 1922, [120] but, despite this, Collins covertly supplied arms to the Northern IRA until a week before his death in August 1922. [121]
This is a timeline of the Irish Civil War, which took place between June 1922 and May 1923.It followed the Irish War of Independence (1919–1921), and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State as an entity independent from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
This category includes historical battles in which inhabitants of Ireland (3rd millennium BC–present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles involving Ireland .